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Happy Friday! The cover of my book is out! The book is a literary non-fiction, sometimes personal series of interlocking profiles of people who exemplify the wonderful complexity of identity in China and of course, how the state tries to control it penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724947/l…

Great explainer on the controversy around the British Museum exhibition China's Hidden Century and the politics of history in China Made in China Journal British Museum madeinchinajournal.com/2024/07/11/sec…

Two buildings on Tsinghua campus, two very different vibes: Schwarzman College funded by American banker and designed by Robert Stern (of W Bush fame)- symbol of bygone era of globalism; up the road the 自强科技楼 self strengthening sci-tech bldg giving Nouveaux Soviet vibes

Dept. of History at Georgetown University invites applications for tenure-track position in the History of China before 1800. Candidates whose interests include regions adjacent or related to China (e.g. NE, SE, Central Asia) encouraged to apply. See: apply.interfolio.com/154103

To go or not to go (to China). Jeff Wasserstrom on why he's taking a break from visiting China--but why he's not discouraging others from going. insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

One of the ten classic scenes of West Lake: “three pools mirroring the moon” 三潭印月. New: “Surveillance cameras mirroring everything you do”

Ian Johnson Jeff Wasserstrom Interesting piece. Returning to Shanghai for 2 months on Saturday after an interval of 5 years. All conventional media platforms incl Google are banned (not mentioned by Jeff Wasserstrom ) This is the most immediate, visible & frustrating symptom of China's intellectual repression.

As another take on Jeff Wasserstrom "go or not go to China" question, here's Joan Kaufman's article about the importance of maintaining people-to-people relations in these fraught times. chinausfocus.com/society-cultur…

To Go or Not to Go — Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom on his China Conundrum – China Heritage chinaheritage.net/journal/to-go-…

This Weibo comment is quite something: “When I was born they said there were too many. When I gave birth they said there were too few. When I wanted to work they said I was too old. And when I retire they say I’m too young”

ICYMI, a wrote a piece fir ⁦Inside Higher Ed⁩ , “Walz, China and the question of to go or not to go”(opinion) insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

The Department of History at Georgetown University invites applications for a tenure-track position in the History of China before 1800, to begin in August 2025 h-net.org/jobs/job_displ…

Excited to announce that my university is doing a TT hire at the assistant level this year in Late Imperial China! Please spread the word. careers.insidehighered.com/job/3224146/as…

Some talks I’ll be giving on the East Coast next month, IAS Oct 22 ias.edu/hs/eas & Harvard Oct 23 at noon asiacenter.harvard.edu/events/asia-be… & at 6pm the same day mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/nineteen… also will speak at Yale Oct 24 & in Philadelphia Oct 25 details TK

"For Western explicators of Chinese culture, the question they must increasingly ask themselves is who stands to gain from their work." Vincent Chow on Fuchsia Dunlop’s "Invitation to a Banquet" and Thomas David DuBois’s "China in Seven Banquets." lareviewofbooks.org/article/explai…

New essay on China & food out at Los Angeles Review of Books lareviewofbooks.org/article/explai…—and-china/ on books by Fuchsia Dunlop & Thomas DuBois, by Vincent Chow

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Talk at Stanford by Chris Buckley 儲百亮 October 15 events.stanford.edu/event/2024-sho… linked to his well deserved award for covering China